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11.10.06

As I was trying to include the code snippet for my hack to automatically generate WML from a WordPress blog, I found out that even with the code plugins, the Rich Editor provided by WordPress strips the newlines from -pre- tags.

I had to edit the post in Preformancing, an extension for FireFox. That or revert to the standard editor.

I must say, that I have been extremely pleased with Preformancing. It is browser based and open a “pane” below the browser tabs. That way I can reference the page I am quoting or blogging about without having to switch windows. Very handy.

11.09.06

Well, I finally was able to hook up with Bob Porter to do some testing…… I cannot say I was pleased with the results. The very same redirect codes that work in a stand alone script were not working. The only difference was the “IF” statement to determine if the browser was WAP enabled.

After a day of email communication, we finally got together via phone. Then it was about a 1/2 an hour before I had the AHA moment.

We have successfully tested the automatic discovery of WAP enabled devices!! At least for Windows CE based devices. So, I am declaring success.

If you have some other WAP device, please test it here and let me know the results.

Here is the index.php that I created to replace the one provided by WordPress… If you use it, you will have to modify the location you redirect to.

11.07.06

I was exploring some plug-ins for WordPress, looking for a Post Hit Counter or a stats plug-in, when I ran across wp-wap by GaMerZ. It provides WordPress with the ability to deliver pages in WML for WAP enabled Mobile Devices. Great I thought. I will make A Scout’s Campfire wap friendly. I created a sub-domain and put a redirect php script in it, pointing to the wp-wap.php. Since I don’t have WAP enabled mobile device, I contacted my buddy Bob Porter. Both he and I got prompted to save the file wp-wap.php when we hit the new sub-domain in FireFox and IE. Puzzled, I suggested he try with his smartphone. Lo and behold, it worked correctly.

We deduced that both FF and IE could not handle the mime type WML. A little digging on the web revealed ways to detect WAP enabled devices and redirect accordingly. WAP and domain names, provide a starting point for me to build a replacement for index.php in WordPress. Using information from that site and IEMobile Team Log, I was able to modify the index.php to query for WAP devices and redirect to wp-wap.php while allowing any other devices to process normally.

At least I think that’s what I did. Bob is off-line currently, so I can’t test the WAP device, but FF is working correctly. I have enabled this on this site only. If further testing holds up, then I will be adding it to A Scout’s Campfire.